Accessibility Organization for Afghan Disabled (AOAD) is an Afghan non-profit organization it is mission statement is to support people with disabilities by promoting their humanitarians, political and social rights and providing various services for inclusion in the society and family.
History and Legal Status: AOAD was first founded through a small grant project of the ABILIS Foundation of Finland for physical accessibility, and building-Ramps constructions in the schools in Kabul in 2007. Before this AOAD was working as an informal common social platform for Persons with Disabilities (PWD), who were working as volunteers for their rights and recognition and full participation.
Established in May 2007 and based in Kabul-Afghanistan, Accessibility Organization for Afghan Disabled (AOAD) is a non-governmental, non-profit and non-political organization, formed by Persons with Disabilities (PWD) and working for Persons with Disabilities, their direct family members, women rights, and other vulnerable and segregated groups, as peer-support and disability advocacy organization. Under Registration number No.956, AOAD is registered with the Ministry of Economy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. AOAD promotes disability rights and inclusion in line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs 2015-2030). We are now serving as an umbrella organization for the traditional rural Disabled Person Organizations (DOPs) which were instrumental in the creation of AOAD as a formal disability organization.
AOAD- Paktika Physical Rehabilitation Center provided service to the Total of (114) PwD which is counting 36 Physiotherapy for both male and female, delivered 2 new prosthesis and 2 new orthoses to the beneficiaries, repaired 5 Prostatic and Orthotic devices, provided 27 psychosocial counseling session for the persons with disabilities and their immediate family members, distributed 9 different types of assistive devices and conducted disability rights awareness for (33) Persons. This project is funded by the Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Weapon Removal and Abatement (PMWRA) and Implemented by AOAD in Paktika-Sharanah.
We're excited to announce that we recently distributed 16 chicken coops to the people of Nijrab, benefiting more than 500 families – both male and female! We believe that providing these coops will not only support households with fresh eggs and poultry but also create more economic opportunities for the community. AOAD Acting Director “Hameedullah Khaliqie” appreciated AOAD Kapisa Team and AHF/UNOCHA who made this distribution possible. We're already planning our next distribution to support Ala-Sai's community. Stay tuned!
AOAD conducted its board members meeting for the year 2023 at Main Office Kabul, AOAD has achieved the result more than expected and planned during past years. As result of extremely efforts and honesty, Today AOAD has 479 employees in different provinces of Afghanistan, AOAD has strong commitment to improve and enhance the quality of services more in Physical Rehabilitation, Physical Accessibility, Health Section, inclusive Education, Vocational Training for Persons with Disabilities through Afghanistan.
AOAD Arzan Qimat center provide related Physical Rehabilitation services for the victim of war, conflict, ERW, and People with Disabilities under PM/WRA Department of State-funded project which is in the moment of Implementing in Kabul-Both Khak district and the implementer is...
AOAD Arzan Qimat center
provide related Physical Rehabilitation services for the victim of war, conflict, ERW and People
with Disabilities under PM/WRA Department of State funded project which is in the moment of
Implementing in Kabul-Both Khak district and the implementer is Accessibility Organization for
Afghan Disabled (AOAD)...
Accessibility Organization for Afghan Disabled (AOAD) with the financial assistance of (PM/WRA) for the 4th time is able to provide vocational training for (120) persons with disabilities in the field of repairing mobile phones & general electrician and also enrolled (80) disabled women in professional tailoring.
AOAD-Zabul Physical rehabilitation center provided 142 physical rehabilitation-related services for males and 45 same services for female victims of war and people with disability Under UNMAS-funded Victim Assistance Services Project in Zabul, During...
AOAD-Paktika Physical rehabilitation center provided 56 physical rehabilitation-related services for victims of war and people with disability Under the PMWRA-funded Victim Assistance Services Project in Paktika, During this period the team produced new prosthetic and orthotic devices and also repaired P&O devices, beside of that successfully completed physiotherapy sessions for referrals of the center and the team also had...
AOAD-Arzan Qimat center provides related Physical Rehabilitation services for the War Victims and People with Disabilities under the PM/WRA Department of State, a funded project which is in the moment of Implementing in Kabul-Both Khak area and the implementer is Accessibility Organization for Afghan Disabled (AOAD)...
I am happy to share and celebrate AOAD’s success, jointly, with our bilateral donors, national and International partners, communities and the people with disabilities, who brought visible changes and equalities differences in their lives and move onwards with great hope, zeal and enthusiasm towards a sustainable and enduring social and economic wellbeing and addressing their rights as leaders. Definitely AOAD’s 2020 was a small step towards national rehabilitation and development agenda, but stimulated big hope among our target communities for better future, which in turn reflect our programmatic efficiency and effectiveness during the decade.
Our passion has always been to see people living with disabilities are included in mainstream life, have full and equal rights, and everyone has the best opportunity for health, well-being, education, physical rehabilitation skill development and empowerment. During 2020 I had the honor to meet so many beneficiaries mostly persons with disabilities included in AOAD projects of Skill Training, Job-creation, Physical Rehabilitations, Foods distributions, Clothes distributions and community mobilization for self-help.
The Global Pandemic of COVID-19, was a hot-shock in the 2020, which imposed a national level catastrophe for Afghanistan resulting into lockdowns, road closers, increasing conflicts, and also shortage of the funding. But thanks to the International community and donor’s solidarity who continued their financial contributions for AOAD and thanks to AOAD’s front-liners who kept their work without any lockdown and reached to the needy people, particularly, in the hard-to-reach areas.
Taking this opportunity let me present my hearty thanks and gratitude to the committed and courageous AOAD staff who, throughout 2020, uninterruptedly continued the operations, despite countrywide lockdown and life-threatening risk of COVID-19. Let me wish you all to have a safe, healthy and successful 2021, with full peace and prosperity in Afghanistan and rest of the world.
Protection, Equal Rights, Dignity, Inclusion, and Prosperity for persons with disability
To promote dignity and quality of life of Persons with Disabilities through provision of capacity, facilities,
services, and access to mainstream livelihood, in a sustainable manner.
Strengthening Civil society organization working in disability to defend and fulfil the rights of people with mental and physical disabilities
To enable the children with disabilities (Boys and Girls) to have a freedom of access to education, understand their rights as functioning citizens of Afghanistan as no one living behind
To create and build national and local capacity and mechanism for the support and provision of disability and rehabilitation services in the emergency situation within or outside the general healthcare services in the Country to prevent avoidable long-term disability and facilitate on time physical rehabilitation for the war and manmade disaster victims in the targeted provinces.